CESifo Area Conference on the Economics of Education 2021

Program

• Friday, 3 September 2021

  • 10:00 – 10:15	Welcome and Introduction ERIC A. HANUSHEK (Stanford University) and LUDGER WOESSMANN (ifo Institute & LMU Munich)
    	Session 1 – Plenary Session – Ludwig Erhard Room Training and Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award Candidates Chair: Eric A. Hanushek
    10:15 – 10:50	Validating Survey Responses to Training Questions Using Administrative Data Nicolai Kristensen, Lars Skipper, JEFFREY A. SMITH (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Discussant: Abhijeet Singh
    10:50 – 11:25	The Education-Innovation Gap BARBARA BIASI (Yale School of Management) and Song Ma
    11:25 – 12:00	When Parents Decide: Gender Differences in Competitiveness ALEXANDER L.P. WILLÉN (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)
    12:00 – 12:15	Break
    	Session 2 – Plenary Session – Ludwig Erhard Room COVID-19 Chair: Guido Schwerdt
    12:15 – 12:50	The Legacy of COVID-19 in Education LUDGER WOESSMANN (ifo Institute & LMU Munich) and Katharina Werner Discussant: Christine Mulhern
    12:50 – 13:25	Can Peer Mentoring Improve Online Teaching Effectiveness? An RCT During the COVID-19 Pandemic     David Hardt, MARKUS NAGLER (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)), and Johannes Rincke Discussant: Jeffrey A. Smith
    13:25 – 14:00	Gifted Children Programs’ Long-Term Impact: Higher Education, Earnings, and the Knowledge-Economy     VICTOR LAVY (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & University of Warwick) and Yoav Goldstein Discussant: Kjell G. Salvanes
    14:00 – 15:00	Break
    	Session 3a – Parallel Session – Ludwig Erhard Room School and Teacher Value-Added Chair: Edwin Leuven
    15:00 – 15:35	Credible School Value-Added with Undersubscribed Lotteries Joshua Angrist, PETER HULL (Brown University), Parag Pathak, and Christopher Walters Discussant: Barbara Biasi
    15:35 – 16:10	School value-added and long-term student outcomes LARS J. KIRKEBØEN (Statistics Norway) Discussant: Simon Wiederhold
    16:10 – 16:45	Measuring and Summarizing the Multiple Dimensions of Teacher Effectiveness CHRISTINE MULHERN (RAND Corporation) and Isaac M. Opper Discussant: Markus Nagler
    	Session 3b – Parallel Session – Peggy and Richard Musgrave Room College Chair: Sandra McNally
    15:00 – 15:35	Earnings Expectations and Educational Sorting: An Ex-Ante Perspective on Returns to University Education Nikolay Angelov, Per Johansson, MIKAEL LINDAHL (University of Gothenburg) and Ariel Pihl Discussant: Erwin Ooghe
    15:35 – 16:10	Alma Mater Matters: College Quality, Talent, and Development Paolo Martellini, Todd Schoellman, and JASON SOCKIN (University of Pennsylvania) Discussant: Peter Leopold S. Bergman
    16:10 – 16:45	A (Dynamic) Investigation of Stereotypes, Belief-Updating, and Behavior Katherine Coffman, Maria Paola Ugalde Araya, and BASIT ZAFAR (University of Michigan) Discussant: Andreas Kotsadam
    16:45 – 17:00	Break
    	Session 4a – Parallel Session – Ludwig Erhard Room Schools: Institutional Effects  Chair: Kjell G. Salvanes
    17:00 – 17:35	Competitive Effects of Charter Schools David N. Figlio, Cassandra M.D. Hart, and KRZYSZTOF KARBOWNIK (Emory University) Discussant: Guido Schwerdt
    17:35 – 18:10	Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic  MICHELA CARLANA (Harvard University) and Eliana La Ferrara Discussant: Victor Lavy
    	Session 4b – Parallel Session – Peggy and Richard Musgrave Room Further Education Chair: Camille Terrier
    17:00 – 17:35	Do Management Practices Matter in Further Education? SANDRA MCNALLY (University of Surrey), Luis Schmidt, and Anna Valero Discussant: Eric S. Taylor
    17:35 – 18:10	A Second Chance? The Labor Market Outcomes of Reforming Access to Adult Education PATRICK BENNETT (NHH Norwegian School of Economics), Richard Blundell, and Kjell G. Salvanes Discussant: Michele Battisti
    18.10 – 18:15	Break
    	Session 5 – Plenary Session – Ludwig Erhard Room Keynote Lecture Chair: Eric A. Hanushek
    18:15 – 19:15	The Power of Creative Destruction: Rethinking Capitalism Post-Covid PHILIPPE AGHION (Collège de France)
    The Jacobs Foundation Lecture and the Young Affiliate Award are kindly supported by the Jacobs Foundation

• Saturday, 4 September 2021

  • 	Session 6 – Plenary Session – Ludwig Erhard Room Parents and Peers Chair: Ludger Woessmann
    10:15 – 10:50	The Intergenerational Transmission of Skills: An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, GUIDO SCHWERDT (University of Konstanz), Rolf van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, and Simon Wiederhold Discussant: Mikael Lindahl
    10:50 – 11:25	First generation elite: the role of school social networks  Sarah Cattan, KJELL G. SALVANES (NHH Norwegian School of Economics), and Emma Tominey Discussant: Larissa Zierow
    11:25 – 12:00	Peers Affect Personality Xiaoyue Shan and ULF ZOELITZ (University of Zurich) Discussant: Edwin Leuven
    12:00 – 12:15	Break
    	Session 7 – Plenary Session – Ludwig Erhard Room College  Chair: Jeffrey A. Smith
    12:15 – 12:50	Sorting, Screening and College Admission Mikkel Gandil and EDWIN LEUVEN (University of Oslo) Discussant: Sarah E. Turner
    12:50 – 13:25	Supply-Side Disruptions and Potential Innovations: Community College Capacity for High-Value Instruction  Diane Schanzenbach and SARAH E. TURNER (University of Virginia) Discussant: Camille Terrier
    13:25 – 14:00	Learning Outcomes in Developing Countries: Four Hard Lessons from PISA-D Martina Viarengo and LANT PRITCHETT (Oxford Blavatnik School of Government) Discussant: Alexander L.P. Willén
    14:00 – 15:00	Break
    	Session 8a – Parallel Session – Ludwig Erhard Room Schooling in Developing Countries Chair: Victor Lavy
    15:00 – 15:35	The incidence and effects of affirmative action: Evidence from quotas in private schools in India  Mauricio Romero and ABHIJEET SINGH (Stockholm School of Economics) Discussant: Esther Gehrke
    15:35 – 16:10	Start What You Finish! Ex ante risk and schooling investments in the presence of dynamic complementarities Andrew D. Foster and ESTHER GEHRKE (Wageningen University) Discussant: Henning Hermes
    16:10 – 16:45	BORROWING CONSTRAINTS AND DEMAND FOR REMEDIAL EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM TANZANIA Konrad Burchardi, JONATHAN DE QUIDT (Stockholm University), Selim Gulesci, and Munshi Sulaiman Discussant: Martina Viarengo
    	Session 8b – Parallel Session – Peggy and Richard Musgrave Room Teachers Chair: David Figlio
    15:00 – 15:35	Teacher Allocation and Student Achievement Michael Bates, MICHAEL DINERSTEIN (University of Chicago), Andrew C. Johnston, and Isaac Sorkin Discussant: Peter Hull
    15:35 – 16:10	Measuring returns to experience using observations of teaching Courtney Bell, Jessalynn James, ERIC S. TAYLOR (Harvard University), and James Wyckoff Discussant: Matteo Sandi
    16:10 – 16:45	Do funds for more teachers improve student performance? Nicolai T. Borgen, Lars J. Kirkebøen, ANDREAS KOTSADAM (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research), and Oddbjørn Raaum Discussant: Sandra McNally
    16:45 – 17:00	Break
    	Session 9a – Parallel Session – Ludwig Erhard Room College: Grade Information Chair: Abhijeet Singh
    17:00 – 17:35	Matching in the Dark? Inequalities in student to degree match Stuart Campbella, Lindsey Macmillan, RICHARD MURPHY (The University of Texas at Austin), and Gill Wynessa Discussant: Ulf Zoelitz
    17:35 – 18:10	Using Predictive Analytics to Track Students: Evidence from a Seven-College Experiment PETER LEOPOLD S. BERGMAN (Columbia University, Teachers College), Elizabeth Kopko, and Julio Rodriguez Discussant: Sarah E. Turner
    18:10 – 18:45	Why Have College Completion Rates Increased? JEFFREY T. DENNING (Brigham Young University), Eric R. Eide, Kevin J. Mumford, Richard W. Patterson, and Merrill Warnick Discussant: Richard Murphy
    	Session 9b – Parallel Session – Peggy and Richard Musgrave Room Inequality in School Chair: Mikael Lindahl
    17:00 – 17:35	Separate under the Same Roof: The Effects of Test-Based Remediation on Classroom Segregation  DAVID FIGLIO (Northwestern University) and Umut Özek Discussant: Michela Carlana
    17:35 – 18:10	Banning the Boston Mechanism in England: Effects on School Admissions and Student Achievement CAMILLE TERRIER (University of Lausanne), Parag Pathak, and Kevin Ren Discussant: Jonathan de Quidt
    18:10 – 18:45	The Effects of Childhood Exposure to Gentrification: Evidence from A Radical Housing Reform in Britain Richard Disney, John Gathergood, Stephen Machin, and MATTEO SANDI (London School of Economics and Political Science) Discussant: Patrick Bennett